Recent content by Sea Antsy

try this ...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daPvPCSTjdQ

Oh they are cheap enough... but b4 you get it wet dribble some more epoxy around the crack and have fun, what ya gotta loose

Klear floor wax on the hull lets the scum come off easier.. now the outboard... UV is what fades it.. ? worst place for UV.. AIRPLANES and airplane paint is very expensive... best UV protection is ...(tested by Practical Sailor Magazine) COLLINITE FLEET WAX No.885.... paste wax only will last...

well.. since the orig ? has migrated from "STRAP" to hoist and lift ECT... here is my kludge set up... and sure to be more than you wanted to know/see IMHO the two separate straps linked by the lifting ring provide a quick/safe point as the two straps are pulled together towards each other...

Here is what your dealing with... https://www.ebay.com/itm/233645932526 and I know.. cuz this is MY listing.. a large ice cube made in a dixie cup sat on the nut for 1/2 hr b4 I used the impact wrench... have fun... they are GREAT little engines...I have had a few..

great detective work.. yea that's what it does look like.. I agree with everything ' cept the heat shrink tubeing on new leads and or terminals... IMHO heat shrink on wires only works on single strand wire and then only marginally. It cannot conform to the spaces between the individual strands...

Humm wonder what that thing is.. hard to make out the colors.. but here is a link to mercury color code conventions from early 80's https://maxrules.com/fixmercwiringcodes.html

IDK what that is.. ? voltage regulator is my guess.. but based on the level of corrosion... .. Now corrosion is not ON the wires.. it has ERODED much of the wire away... ..and the current (juice) carrying capacity of wire is based on it's thickness.. ie cross sectional area... yours is going...

Oh YEA.. I second the BOATLIFE BOAT CAULK.. the toothpaste size tube lasts for yrs,not like the 5200 "ONE SHOT" tubes and it is removable and does not mould

"If your steering starts to get tight, remove, clean and re-grease as soon as you notice, because once the rust starts, its only a matter of time before it locks up, and that gets expensive." yea.. no substitute for paying attention... when I walk by my boat on the trailer over the winter I give...

Oh yea... dis guy been there, done that.. the T shirt... pretty dirty I expect... I been there... with a wooden dowel and sand paper and ugly stuff as well ... now.. for the post mortem.. you can buy a special NUT that goes on the end of the tilt tube and has a grease fitting to .. well to...

Yup... first rule of troubleshooting ... half split the problem

Perhaps take a ride over to the Hackensack Yacht Club and chat...

Looks like a opportunity to get creative.... dashboard area... switch panel... guage(s)...

MERRY FISH-MASS